Speaking of Jet Lag...

I want to apologize now for my lack of clarity where time is concerned.  When I start to write these blog postings, they’re generally a list of notes and bits written throughout the days.  Then I try to put them together during the brief moments of internet access (with Italian hosts looking at us wondering why in the world we’re taking up so much of their internet connection).  Hannah pointed out that I mentioned “today” several times throughout my post yesterday, but those “todays” took place over a 48 hour period.  So, apologies!  I hope y’all get the gist.

Due to the aforementioned jet-lag, we took “today” pretty easy, allowing ourselves times for naps, a couple of great meals, some blog-writing, photo-downloading, etc. 

It is a GREAT thing that Assisi is comprised of mostly stairs.  We had gorgonzola and cream sauce for lunch, frozen cream (gelato) as a snack, more gorgonzola and cream sauce at dinner, followed by an amazing home-made tiramisu made with mascarpone (more heavy cheese/cream).  My ear lobes are gaining weight.  Seriously, we have to walk a quarter mile up hill to get anywhere (where did downhill go?  NO idea.), so we’re using the calories efficiently.

We also spent some time learning Italian!  We’re both realizing that a few words make communication with hosts, shop keepers and taxi drivers much easier.  Well … WE are working on learning some Italian, and Hannah is working on making up her own Italian.  “Cool” is apparently “Coolio” in Italian.  And to “care” in English is “Chiare” (kee-AR-ay) for Hannah in Italian.  I’m pretty sure that word means something else, but she’s happy with it, so there we are. 

During dinner, in fact, we counted.  Yep.  We counted long, and we counted high – all the way up to 49 ‘cause I don’t remember how to say 50.  After 49, if it comes up, we’ll just have to use our fingers.

As anybody who has ever been there would understand, we HAD to go back to Di Cecco for dinner.  For  … (Hannah’s eyes glaze over and she starts to drool) … RAVIOLI con gorgonzola, pear and walnuts (In Hannah Italian: pear-ay and walnuto), bruschetta con fungi (mushrooms) and garlic, and pork loin.  We did have the option of ordering something with roughage – salad, vegetables – but we gave a hearty “no way, bring on the cheese”.


Okay, this paragraph starts another "today" which is Wednesday here.  We're having the typical hotel breakfast in our Assisi hotel, preparing for our journey to Napoli.  From here, we take a train to Rome, then on to Naples where we will stay for two nights.  We're hoping that we'll have better access to Wifi in other hotels so that we can post more pics and blogs.


Until next time, amici!